Any serious candidate should explain which strategies they will employ not only to bring Iran to the table, but to raise the cost of defiance beyond Tehran’s tolerance.

This ban is a political vote. It has nothing to do with science or health. It does not mean that BPA has been shown to be harmful.

What do we learn if the Thiel fellows go on to be wildly successful? That taking the most academically gifted students in the country and putting them in an awesome program flush with resources is a good idea. It doesn't tell us much of anything about whether higher education is a good investment more generally.

How does Japan begin to rebuild? What are the long-term strategic implications of the disaster for the US-Japan alliance? At this AEI event, an expert panel will address these and other questions.

This is the tipping point in our future, a future in which the Indo-Pacific will emerge as the most important region on earth, and the liberal international order may be irretrievably changed.

Austerity measures in Europe have been the topic of a heated and mostly confused debate in the economic world. During the May summit of the leading industrial nations at Camp David, German chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders pushed for continued European austerity. Keynesian critics argue that these policies destroy economic growth.

President Obama's efforts to appease Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir's government have increased Bashir's perception of U.S. weakness and reinforced his inclination and willingness to use military force to suppress Sudanese opposition in the South, Darfur, and elsewhere.